WEBVTT WE'VE SEEN "CROWD-FUNDING" TAKE OFF OVER THE LAST YEAR. READING RAINBOW'S COMING BACK -- TECH COMPANIES GET A áLOT OF MONEY. AND HERE IN THE METRO.. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS RAISED FOR áFOOD. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ADRIAN WHITSETT JOINS US LIVE WITH THIS NEW STORY. MORE THAN 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BRING A BUSINESS BACK FROM THE BRINK. A áFOR PROFIT FOOD TRUCK AND FANS BOUGHT IN BY PRE-BUYING FOOD. THERE'S ALSO A áNON-PROFIT FILM... NEEDING HELP TO SHOW SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT URBAN FOOD FARMING. LAST FALL --THE WHEELS FELL (Patrick Favara: "Being out of business that long is very hard.") INSTEAD OF SINKING TRUCK. CO-OWNERS PATRICK FAVARA AND DAVID BURR REGROUPED.(Patrick Favara: "We actually did walk into every bank we were told we didn't upfront, enough to put down on the vehicle up front.) A TRUCK THAT BETTER FIT THEIR GROWING NEED. AFTER PRODDING FROM áLOCAL LOCALS. --THEY TURNED TO KICKSTARTER. (David Burr: "It's never easy asking for money but we really tried to give back and offer some really cool incentives and make some great partnerships with corporations.") LIKE OMAHA'S PROXIBID.(Dana Kaufman: "Maybe if they would have just come to us and asked for a loan we wouldn't have been as interested but the opportunity to have our logo on their truck and really be business partners moving forward is a nice idea.") LOCALMOTIVE PLANS TO áPAY THE 43-THOUSAND DOLLARS - FORWARD TO LOCAL NONPROFITS. THEY'VE ALREADY DONATED A FOOD INCENTIVE FOR GROWING CITIES. (Dan Susman: "We didn't fundraise for that at the very beginning. We didn't know that Growing Cities was going to be on PBS.") A SUCCESSFUL KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN TWO YEARS AGO HELPED FINISH GROWING CITIES. THEIR NEW TO RAISE 30-THOUSAND DOLLAR WILL GET IT BROADCAST READY... AND WHILE IT'S NOT EASY -- IN AN INCREASINGLY CROWDED, CROWD-FUNDING LANDSCAPE. YOU HAVE TO ASK.(Dan Susman: "Yeah we're asking for money but it's not going in our pockets! Its going to PBS and making sure this film can get out to as many people as possible.") ABOUT 13-THOUSAND RAISED. AS WITH ALL KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGNS --IF IT'S NOT áFULLY FUNDED IN TIME... THEY'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. WE'VE LINKED TO YOU'RE IN THE MOOD FOR SOME FOOD --LOCALMOTIVE HOPES TO BE UP AND RUNNING IN THE NEW TRUCK...SEPTEMBER FIRST.